The purpose of this cache is to visit five waypoints and to take
a picture of your track log. You can make a star, a circle, or any
other shape you'd like, but you must visit all five waypoints. The
five points are on a 100m-radius circle. In addition, there is a
sixth waypoint at the middle of the circle.
The waypoints are as follows:
Point |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Centre |
N 51º 6.778 |
W 114º 6.705 |
1 |
N 51º 6.795 |
W 114º 6.786 |
2 |
N 51º 6.795 |
W 114º 6.624 |
3 |
N 51º 6.734 |
W 114º 6.755 |
4 |
N 51º 6.832 |
W 114º 6.705 |
5 |
N 51º 6.734 |
W 114º 6.655 |
You can find an EasyGPS waypoint file with all the waypoints
here.
To log a find, take a picture of your GPRs with the track
visible. If you can, pan the map so that the track is as clear as
possible. If you can't take a photo easily, upload the track log in
EasyGPS format or something like that. The neater your track is,
the more Karma Points you get. Bonus Karma Points are given if you
make a circle.
If you're not in Calgary, and you would like to do this in your
neck of the woods, email me a coordinate in the centre of a
100m-radius circle, and I'll email the waypoints back to you. Or,
make your own--just make sure the circle has a radius of at least
100m, and remember that a degree of longitude isn't as long as a
degree of latitude. When you log the find, please post the
coordinates of the centrepoint you used. A spreadsheet to help you
with the coordinates can be found
here--you must "Enable Macros" for it to work.
You may log this cache multiple times, so long as you create a
different picture each time.
If you think this is strange, check out this link.
This idea flagrantly borrowed from the Summer
Games #4 (Star Track) cache put together by Cach-U-Nuts
and DHOBBY1.
Thanks for the idea, guys!
I'm seeing stars all over the
planet!
You can download a GPX file of all the
centrepoints posted so far from
here. Load it into Google Earth and take a tour of large open
fields around the world!
You can do a star...
...or a shape like this (please, no burning of
candles at the centre).
You can also upload an image of your track from
OziExplorer if you like.